Popular Post 99call Posted December 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2018 Trinidad Fundadores ARS MAY 2018 Aroma at cold: Just lovely balmy tobacco, oily rich and buttery, 1st 3rd Wow wow wow, just my favourite premium smoke (Hhhm? maybe the LGCMD No2 overshadows it, but it’s close) . Vivid blue smoke streaming of the foot. Slightly savoury donut flavours, like Chinese ’savoury sticks” or ‘Youtiao’ . No sweetness yet. Just Soooo rich, deep buttery smoke, and some nice salt on the lips. A little bit of oaky tannin, sweet peanut brittle 2nd 3rd A little bit of a closed patch, these are very young, and ROTT. A sweet fresh cardboard aroma that I often get with high end Monte 2’s, like smelling the paper off chocolate bars. Take slightly too hard of a draw, and the overheating brings out a nice Sancho Panza twang. I should be smoking this indoors, a bit of a travesty really. Lots of creamy sweet donut flavours 3rd 3rd A lovely sourness developers like the smell of fresh rye or pumpernickel bread. So insane that these are a good $100+ cheaper than COLA’s, I’m not complaining though!. I bit of sandalwood coming through with the donuts, and sweet creamy ’Caramac’ chocolate bar. More peanuts. Still more savoury than sweet. I first time for me in tasting tinned bamboo shoots in a cigar, it’s a little bit like that cashew flavour you can get in light bodied smokes, but definitely different. Last inch or two is strong sandalwood, and dark salted caramel Conclusion Zero rough edges, Epic Epic smoke. Even if the blender for this cigar turned out to be a 30 stone man in a string vest covered in Asado grease.....I still want to kiss him on his sweaty bald head, and shake his hand...........(maybe) Wonderful cigar, my only fear is that the quality of its super young performance, is that I may have a limited time frame to enjoy them. If you have them, don't be afraid to sample!! Score Strange score, as it's one of those few cigars that could achieve a perfect 100. Does this mean its current score slides further back down the scale? I'm confused. Erm a brutal 96. Left in a happy daze. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast & Taste Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Thanks for the nice review. I've been on the Fundi bandwagon for some time now, and this year they ratcheted up a couple of notches. Anticipating getting a few years on them... Did you actually say "tinned bamboo shoots" ? ? Big Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Toast & Taste said: Did you actually say "tinned bamboo shoots" ? ? Indeed I did, they have an unusual nutty, sweet woody vegetal character, very similar to cashew nuts. This flavour was a burst with literally lasted a second or two. Some may say "shut your mouth, and only mention things that are established 'accepted flavours'" well to those people, knock yourselves out. I call it "Clint Eastwood syndrome" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast & Taste Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 More power to you. My descriptors consist of: Great, good, okay, crap... Big Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 15 minutes ago, Toast & Taste said: More power to you. My descriptors consist of: Great, good, okay, crap... Big Al Hey Al, Sorry I wasn't referencing you, and I didn't mean for it to sound negative. All I was saying in a way. Is that I find it odd that many a comfortable is saying cigars "can" taste of chocolate, coffee, and leather. But "cannot" taste of anything else. Like there is a rule book somewhere. Thanks for the reply dude. And enjoy your Fundis, I hope they continue to be great. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast & Taste Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Call - no worries, no negativity taken. I am jealous of those who can identify what they taste. I simply don't have that ability. I can do it with fine wines, no problem. But when it comes to cigars, I can only taste general profiles, nothing detailed. That's why I don't post reviews - they would be immensely boring.? Big Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowsmoke Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Great review, great pics. Looking forward to finally trying these. Have a 6 pack resting, and will probably fire up the xmas sampler this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 40 minutes ago, slowsmoke said: Great review, great pics. Looking forward to finally trying these. Have a 6 pack resting, and will probably fire up the xmas sampler this weekend. Enjoy dude, have a great Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptowncigar Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Thx for the review. Time to fire up the single sleeping in my humidor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainMilG Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Think this might be my next one from the sampler to try. Also I'm stupid and mad that I forgot the little FOH cigar stand thing was coming, didn't rummage around my boxes, and I'm sure threw it out. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99call Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 30 minutes ago, crking3 said: Awesome review ! Now I want a box ......With that said some of you descriptors are a bit much ....then again you really sell it well ...the flavors are explained subjectively but in a way that might make sense for someone to experience ....I liked reading this a lot even tho I did the “ha, yea okay....”-look a few times lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Cheers. Yeah we're all different. And palettes/references that lead us to different conclusions about the flavour of cigars. Coffee for instance, I rarely ever get the true flavour of coffee in a cigar, yet many on FOA seems to be getting coffee in every other cigar. I think everyone doing reviews is great, sharing the passion and trying to work out why we love these things so much. Occasionally small correlations are reached and the sometimes the community agrees. I find it fascinating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIK Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Nice review, your pics made my mouth water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspring1978 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Another great review. Makes me want to pick up a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbwalls Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 8:59 AM, 99call said: Hey Al, Sorry I wasn't referencing you, and I didn't mean for it to sound negative. All I was saying in a way. Is that I find it odd that many a comfortable is saying cigars "can" taste of chocolate, coffee, and leather. But "cannot" taste of anything else. Like there is a rule book somewhere. Thanks for the reply dude. And enjoy your Fundis, I hope they continue to be great. Cheers I loved the review and flavor descriptions. I’ve never had a Fundadores, but now I’m probably going to buy a box based on your review. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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